by alantower | Jul 1, 2017 | Portraits
A wet shoot is what we scheduled. I put water onto glass and shot through it, I shot the model, Hailey Hines, looking through wet glass. I made it rain with a high pressure hose. I captured her with wet hair. I captured her drenching herself. All that was...
by alantower | May 31, 2017 | Wedding
Engagement photos are important for 2 reasons: They give the couple images to share with family and friends to announce the upcoming event and they give the couple the chance to try working with the wedding photographer. You have to have fun, or you should keep...
by alantower | Apr 19, 2017 | Landscape Photography
The sky in the landscape determines whether or not you’ve captured the great shot. The light, the clouds–they matter. You could say that every landscape photo is essentially a picture of the sky with some other thing added. And if the sky is drab, so...
by alantower | Apr 2, 2017 | Commercial Photography
Promoting your business is a priority for every business owner. We must develop advertising and a feel for the culture of the business. If we convey our mission and our services, then we succeed. Commercial photography can help with promoting your business, too. I...
by alantower | Mar 30, 2017 | Portraits
It pays to network to connect with models. I attended a little fund raiser for the Runway Renegades and met Suzianna Crofoot and Colt Ward at the event. As a result, I got the opportunity to shoot with them as a couple. The first formal shots of them together....
by alantower | Mar 14, 2017 | Portraits
A classic pinup photo shoot is the mechanic shop photo shoot. In this case, we’re at the wonderfully decorated Ray’s Truck Service & RV in Spokane. I get my nursery box truck serviced here, and I knew it would be a fantastic location for a stylized...
by alantower | Jan 27, 2017 | Landscape Photography
In a recent visit to the Southwest, I was able to shoot night photography at Joshua Tree National Park as well as at Rhyolite Ghost Town near Death Valley National Park. Both of these are good locations for night photography thanks to the dark skies. To take night...
by alantower | Dec 13, 2016 | Portraits
The best work comes when the photographer and the model collaborate on the piece. In some ways, the collaboration is inevitable, given the grooming and posing and so on by the model and the lighting and framing done by the photographer. However some shoots...
by alantower | Nov 16, 2016 | Landscape Photography
Death Valley photography is sure to excite anyone interested in landscape photography. The stark and colorful landscape is quite varied. Death Valley is a large National Park, and has many distinct areas. Perhaps best known are the salt flats...
by alantower | Nov 1, 2016 | Wedding
I had the wonderful experience of photographing a pair of strangers, the groom a mystery man I had never met. Over the course of the preparation and the day working the wedding, they became friends. Such an amazing family, with talents that really excelled. You may...
